Merostachys medullosa Send.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Bahia

• County/Municipio

  Porto Seguro Mun.

• Locality

  Forested slopres of morro on Fazenda Carvalho, ca. 26 km west of town of Monte Pascoal, at end of road that intersects with BR 101 in Monte Pascoal. Robust bamboo on upper slopes between 380 m and the summit at 460 m elev.

• Coordinates

  -16.4497, -39.0644

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  68835

• Georeferencing Method

  Other source. The coordinates represent the seat of the municipio.

• Geodetic Datum

  SAD69

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Merostachys	BAHIA, BRAZIL
Municipio Porto Seguro: Forested sloped of morro on Fazen-
da Carvalho, ca. 26 km vest of town of Monte Pascoal, at
end of road that intersects with BR 101 in Monte Pascoal.
Robust bamboo on upper slopes of mountain from 380m to
summit at WOm elev. Clumps of ca. 50 culms, the culms
solid, not erect but arching over immediately, 10-15m
long, 2cm. diam., with thick walls and filled with pith,
scaberulous and striated-mottled dark and light green.
Culm leaves : sheath becomes brown and shed when branches
develop; blade small, reflexed, caducous. When new culm
freshly cut the pith is white but within several minutes
begins to turn red and then brown. All clumps sterile ex-
cept one in which culms are dead and bearing branches with
old inflorescences from which most sp'ikelets have fallen.
in association with At r act ant ha (2211) & Merostachys
Thomas R. Söderström, George F. Russell, & José Hage 15 May 1976 2212
Collected under Ibe auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. National Geographic
Society, and Centro de Pescjnisas do Cacati (CEPLAC)
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
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